CLW - Clearwater Paper Corporation
Clearwater Paper Corporation manufactures and supplies bleached paperboards, and consumer and parent roll tissues in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pulp and Paperboard, and Consumer Products. The Pulp and Paperboard segment offers folding cartons, liquid packaging, cups and plates, blister and carded packaging products, top sheet and commercial printing items, and softwood pulp products, as well as custom sheeting, slitting, and cutting of paperboard products.
As of May 14, 2026: spot at $13.66, ATM IV 71.5%, max pain $15.00, net GEX $30.9K.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Paper, Lumber & Forest Products
- Market Cap
- $217.9M
- Beta
- 0.21
- 52-Week Range
- 11.73-30.96
- CEO
- Arsen S. Kitch
- Employees
- 2,200
- IPO Date
- Dec 5, 2008
- Exchange
- NYSE
What CLW Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 18.7% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($30.9K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.457) prices puts richer than calls, the typical equity downside-protection skew.
What This Page Covers
The CLW overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked CLW overview questions
- What is CLW?
- CLW is the ticker symbol for Clearwater Paper Corporation, a listed security. Clearwater Paper Corporation manufactures and supplies bleached paperboards, and consumer and parent roll tissues in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pulp and Paperboard, and Consumer Products. Listed on NYSE. CLW is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the CLW options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 14, 2026, the CLW options snapshot shows spot at $13.66, ATM IV 71.5%, IV rank 18.7%, max pain $15.00, net GEX $30.9K, expected move 20.50%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are CLW's key statistics?
- Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW) carries a market capitalization of $217.9M, beta of 0.21 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 11.73-30.96. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does CLW belong to?
- Clearwater Paper Corporation operates in the Basic Materials sector, in the Paper, Lumber & Forest Products industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare CLW's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the CLW data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 14, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).